Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia - Tragedy
A tragedy may be defined loosely as any work of fiction in which the protagonist suffers a fall in his or her fortunes, and ends in a wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Greek Tragedy
Greek literature boasts three great writers of tragedy whose works are extant: Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. The largest festival f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Theories Of Tragedy
The philosopher Aristotle theorized in his work The Poetics that tragedy results in a catharsis (emotional cleansing) of healing for the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kilkeel: Encyclopedia Ii - Kilkeel - Tragedy
On 14 February 2002 The Tullaghmurray Lass left Kilkeel Harbour to fish for prawns. When the boat failed to return when expected a huge s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fausto Coppi: Encyclopedia Ii - Fausto Coppi - Tragedy
In addition, Coppi's career was shaped by strokes of fate: in 1951 his teammate and younger brother, Serse Coppi, fell in a sprint in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiny Lund: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiny Lund - Tragedy
After 1971, Lund began to fade from the Grand National limelight and moved to the new Grand National East and short track Late Model Spor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Renaissance And 17th Century Tragedy
The classical tradition of Greek and Roman tragedy was largely forgotten in Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the beginning of 16th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Birth Of Tragedy: Encyclopedia - The Birth Of Tragedy
The Birth of Tragedy (Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik, 1872) is a 19th Century work of philosophy by Friedrich Nietzsch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Tragedy Of Telepaths: Encyclopedia - A Tragedy Of Telepaths
"A Tragedy of Telepaths" is an episode from the fifth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. A Tragedy of Telepaths ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euripides: Encyclopedia - Euripides
Euripides (c. 480 BCE) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles. He is believed to h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Bank Arena: Encyclopedia - U.s. Bank Arena
U.S. Bank Arena (originally known as the Riverfront Coliseum and later known as The Crown and the Firstar Center) is an indoor arena loca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardenio: Encyclopedia - Cardenio
Cardenio is a lost play, known to have been performed by the King's Men, a London theatre company, in 1613. It is believed to have been w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia - Dionysia
The Dionysia was a large religious festival in ancient Athens in honour of the god Dionysus, the central event of which was the performan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Socialism: Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Socialism
Socialism Part of the Politics series History of socialism Democratic socialism Christian socialism Communism Libertarian socialism Socia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conflict Between Good And Evil: Encyclopedia - Conflict Between Good And Evil
The Conflict Between Good and Evil is one of the most common conventional themes in literature, and is sometimes considered to be a unive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alberta Williams King: Encyclopedia - Alberta Williams King
Alberta Christine Williams King (September 13, 1903 – June 30, 1974) was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mother and the wife of Martin Luther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brett Favre: Encyclopedia - Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre, pronounced "Farv," (born October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi) has been the starting quarterback for the Green...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theatre Of Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Theatre Of Tragedy - Discography
Theatre of Tragedy - Albums. Theatre of Tragedy (1995) Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) Aégis (1998) Musique (2000) Closure: Live (20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theatre Of Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Theatre Of Tragedy - Biography
Theatre of Tragedy begun when drummer Hein Frode Hansen quit his former band Phobia in 1993 and started looking for a new musical project...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Band - Members
Todd Burdette - Guitar/Vocals - Also of Deathreat and Severed Head of State, formerly of His Hero is Gone Yannick Lorrain - Guitar - Form...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Birth Of Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - The Birth Of Tragedy - The Book
In this book, Nietzsche, originally educated as a classicist, discusses the history of the Greek tragedy, and introduces an intellectual ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Anticommons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Anticommons - Patents
In a few industries (e.g. pharmaceuticals) a single patent is all that is required to produce a marketable product that can be protected ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Possible Solutions To The 'tragedy'
Articulating solutions to the tragedy of the commons is one of the main problems of political philosophy. Many such solutions involve enf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Possible Solutions To The 'tragedy'
Articulating solutions to the tragedy of the commons is one of the main problems of political philosophy. Many such solutions involve enf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Birth Of Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - The Birth Of Tragedy - Reception
The Birth of Tragedy was angrily criticized by many respected professional scholars of Greece. Particularly vehement was philologist Ulri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Controversy
Even today Hardin's essay, the Tragedy of the Commons is a source of controversy. Some of this stems from disagreement about whether indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Controversy
Even today Hardin's essay, the Tragedy of the Commons is a source of controversy. Some of this stems from disagreement about whether indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Introduction
The parable demonstrates how unrestricted access to a resource such as a pasture ultimately dooms the resource because of over-exploitati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Introduction
The parable demonstrates how unrestricted access to a resource such as a pasture ultimately dooms the resource because of over-exploitati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - The Essay
At the beginning of his essay, Hardin draws attention to problems that cannot be solved by technical means (i.e. as opposed to those prob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Song - The Beegees
"Tragedy" is a song originally by the Bee Gees, included on their 1979 album Spirits Having Flown. The single reached #1 on the US Billbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Tragedy Of Telepaths: Encyclopedia Ii - A Tragedy Of Telepaths - Plot Synopsis
A Tragedy of Telepaths - Summary. Londo and G'Kar rescue Na'Toth from imprisonment on Centauri Prime. A Tragedy of Telepaths - Detail....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Second Maiden's Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - The Second Maiden's Tragedy - Authorship
The play's authorship is also complex. On the manuscript, three crossed-out attributions in seventeenth century hands attribute it to Tho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Historical Commons
Hardin's essay introduces a hypothetical pasture as an analogy for "commons" in general. In this analogy, herders using the pasture do so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Historical Commons
Hardin's essay introduces a hypothetical pasture as an analogy for "commons" in general. In this analogy, herders using the pasture do so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Birth Of Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - The Birth Of Tragedy - The Two Aesthetic Principles
Dionysus (Dionysian): intoxication, celebration of nature, cruelty, music, dance, pain, individuality dissolved and hence destroyed, whol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Garrett Hardin's Essay
At the beginning of his essay, Hardin draws attention to problems that cannot be solved by technical means (i.e. as opposed to those prob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Games Theory Analysis
The tragedy of the commons can be seen as a collective prisoner's dilemma. Individuals within a group have two options: cooperate with th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy Of The Commons: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy Of The Commons - Games Theory Analysis
The tragedy of the commons can be seen as a collective prisoner's dilemma. Individuals within a group have two options: cooperate with th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khodynka: Encyclopedia Ii - Khodynka - Khodynka Tragedy
The field is best known as the site of a tragic accident on May 18, 1896 during the festivities of the crowning of Nicholas II. In the ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thalidomide: Encyclopedia Ii - Thalidomide - The Thalidomide Tragedy
Thalidomide had passed safety tests performed on animals, primarily because the proper tests — particularly those involving pregna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca The Younger: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca The Younger - Seneca's Tragedies
It is impossible to determine if the tragedies were performed on stage: there is no evidence for either side. The German scholar Leo stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca The Younger: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca The Younger - Seneca's Tragedies
It is impossible to determine if the tragedies were performed on stage: there is no evidence for either side. The German scholar Leo stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Tragedies
Shakespeare on screen - Antony and Cleopatra. BBC Television Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra (TV, UK, 1981) Released in the USA as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticisms Of Socialism - The Tragedy Of The Commons
The tragedy of the commons, in its narrowest sense, refers to the situation of certain grazing lands communally owned by British villages...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derek And The Dominos: Encyclopedia Ii - Derek And The Dominos - Tragedy And Dissolution
But tragedy dogged the group throughout its brief career. During the sessions, Clapton was devastated by news of the death of Jimi Hendri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Susan Ivanova: Encyclopedia Ii - Susan Ivanova - Tragedy And Loss
Like many of the characters, Susan Ivanova seemed locked in a tragic cycle. The particular millstone around Ivanova's neck was love—not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liu Qing: Encyclopedia Ii - Liu Qing - Tragedy In Childhood
Empress Dou was not satisfied with the situation, however, and in 79, after another imperial consort, Consort Liang, gave birth to a son ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernie Irvan: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernie Irvan - A Near-tragedy
In 1994, Ernie was a dominant contender for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship throughout the first 20 races of the season. Enter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brett Favre: Encyclopedia Ii - Brett Favre - Family Tragedies
Several family crises followed Irvin Favre's death. Favre's brother-in-law, Casey Tynes, was killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Morphy: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Morphy - Tragedy And Twilight
Morphy's final years were tragic. Depressed, he spent his last years wandering around the French Quarter of New Orleans, talking to peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hendrick Motorsports: Encyclopedia Ii - Hendrick Motorsports - Aviation Tragedy
On October 24, 2004, ten people associated with Hendrick Motorsports lost their lives in a plane crash while en route from Concord, North...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The First Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - The First Sex - The Tragedy Of Western Women
This last part of The First Sex focuses on the period since Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire in 313 A.D. Davis ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duane Allman: Encyclopedia Ii - Duane Allman - Success Layla And Tragedy
The Allman Brothers Band went on to become one of the best and most influential rock groups of the 1970s, described by Rolling Stone's Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Davey Allison: Encyclopedia Ii - Davey Allison - 1992 - Triumph And Tragedy
Statistially, 1992 was Davey Allison's best season in Winston Cup racing. But it was also a very painful and heartwrenching season. Davey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustan Drama: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustan Drama - The Middle-class Tragedy
As for prose and poetry, there is no clear beginning to the "Augustan era" in drama, but the end is clearly marked. Augustan-era drama en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alberta Williams King: Encyclopedia Ii - Alberta Williams King - Family Tragedies 1968-1974
Martin Luther King was assassinated by escaped convict James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968 while leading a march in Memphis in support of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jerry Lee Lewis: Encyclopedia Ii - Jerry Lee Lewis - Drug Addiction And Personal Tragedies
Plagued by alcohol and drug problems after Myra divorced him in 1970, tragedy struck when Lewis' 19-year-old son, Jerry Lee Lewis Jr., wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White Mountain Art: Encyclopedia Ii - White Mountain Art - The Willey Tragedy
On 28 August 1826, torrential rains in the White Mountains caused a mudslide on Mount Willey. The Willey couple, with their five children...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Allman Brothers Band: Encyclopedia Ii - The Allman Brothers Band - Tragedy And Triumph
Duane Allman died not long after the Fillmore East album was certified gold, killed in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971 in Macon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia State Capitol: Encyclopedia Ii - Virginia State Capitol - 1870: Tragedy
After the end of the American Civil War, during the Reconstruction period, Virginia was under military rule for almost 5 years, ending in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Building The Virginian Railway: Encyclopedia Ii - Building The Virginian Railway - Final Spike Celebrations Tragedy
The final spike in the Virginian Railway was driven on January 29, 1909, at the west side of the massive New River Bridge at Glen Lyn, ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooke English: Encyclopedia Ii - Brooke English - Motherhood Tragedy And More Run-ins With La Kane
Brooke then began a job as a reporter and discovered that her mother (or so she believed at the time), Peg English, was in actuality code...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Encyclopedia Ii - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Early History: Tragedy Begets The Brickyard
When the first race took place in August, 1909, the celebration quickly turned into a disaster due to the surface of crushed stone and ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abbie G. Rogers: Encyclopedia Ii - Abbie G. Rogers - 1894: A New Town Hall And Tragedy
In 1894, Fairhaven received the gift of a new Town Hall from the Rogers Family. Abbie dedicated it to the memory of her mother. The follo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeschylus: Encyclopedia Ii - Aeschylus - Biography
Born in Eleusis, a district of Athens, he wrote his first plays in 498 BC, but his earliest surviving play is probably The Persians, perf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euripides: Encyclopedia Ii - Euripides - Life
According to legend Euripides was born in Salamís on September 23 (480 BCE); the day of the Persian War's greatest naval battle. His mot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euripides: Encyclopedia Ii - Euripides - His Plays
Euripides first competed in the famous Athenian dramatic festival (the Dionysia) in 455 BCE, one year after the death of Aeschylus. He ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euripides: Encyclopedia Ii - Euripides - Works
Euripides - Tragedies of Euripides. Alcestis (438 BCE, second prize) Medea (431 BCE, third prize) Heracleidae (c. 430 BCE) Hippolytus ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca The Younger: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca The Younger - Biography
Born in Corduba (presently Cordoba, Spain), Seneca was the second son of Helvia and Marcus (Lucius) Annaeus Seneca, a wealthy rhetorician...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faust Part 1: Encyclopedia Ii - Faust Part 1 - Synopsis
Although there is no precise classification in the overall story, the individual scenes may be loosely bound into three parts: The Prolog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pastoralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pastoralism - Disruption Of Management Strategies
This ability for careful control and planning was wiped away with colonialization. In the Sahel region of Africa, mobility was restricted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca The Younger: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca The Younger - Biography
Born in Cordoba, Hispania (in modern Spain), Seneca was the second son of Helvia and Marcus (Lucius) Annaeus Seneca, a wealthy rhetoricia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garrett Hardin: Encyclopedia Ii - Garrett Hardin - Publications
Garrett Hardin - Journal articles. Hardin, G. (1968). The Tragedy of the Commons. Science 162, 1243-1248. Hardin, G. (1971). Populatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero: Encyclopedia Ii - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero - The Playwright
Bredero wrote different kinds of plays: tragedies, farces and comedies. He is most famous for his comedy "De Spaanschen Brabander Ierolim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Webster: Encyclopedia Ii - John Webster - Life And Career
Webster's life is obscure, but he was born in 1578 or 1579 as the son of a cartmaker in Smithfield, London. His interest in theatre may h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Significance
Dionysus was often seen as the god of everything uncivilized, of the innate wildness of humanity that the Athenians had tried to control....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Notable Winners Of The City Dionysia
Dionysia - Tragedy. 484 BC - Aeschylus 472 BC - Aeschylus (The Persians) 471 BC - Polyphrasmon 468 BC - Sophocles (Triptolemus) 467 BC...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Webster: Encyclopedia Ii - John Webster - Reputation
Webster's major plays, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, are macabre, disturbing works that seem to pre-empt the Gothic literatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticisms Of Socialism - Central Planning
Even anarchist socialists usually advocate some form of coordination so that different groups of workers function smoothly together (whet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticisms Of Socialism - Incentives
According to its supporters, a profit system is a monitoring mechanism which continually evaluates the economic performance of every busi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticisms Of Socialism: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticisms Of Socialism - Prices
According to the critics of socialism, the price system in a market economy guides economic activity so flawlessly that most people don't...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Poetics - The Three Genres Of Poetry
Aristotle taught that poetry could be divided into three genres: tragedy, comedy and epic verse. Poetics - Comedy Chapter 5. Comedy is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - City Dionysia
Dionysia - Origins. The City Dionysia (Dionysia ta en Astei, also known as the Great Dionysia, Dionysia ta Megala) was the urban part o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pastoralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pastoralism - Social Organisation
Each pastoralist adaptation occurred in different contexts; there is therefore no specific form of social organization associated with pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pastoralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pastoralism - Resources
As explained in the origins section, pastoralism takes place mainly in marginal areas, where cultivation (and the higher energy achieved ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Rural Dionysia
The Dionysia was originally a rural festival in Attica (Dionysia ta kat' agrous), probably celebrating the cultivation of vines. It was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pastoralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pastoralism - Origins
Some researchers believe that pastoralism followed mixed farming (rainfall-dependant agriculture with animal husbandry). A model presente...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero: Encyclopedia Ii - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero - Life
In 1585 Bredero was born in Amsterdam, where he lived his whole life. He called himself "G.A. Bredero, Amstelredammer", and sometimes he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pastoralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pastoralism - Resource Management
Pastoralism is well adapted to the environments where it exists; it is a successful strategy to support a population with the limited res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marc-antoine Charpentier: Encyclopedia Ii - Marc-antoine Charpentier - Charpentier's Works
Charpentier's compositions were catalogued by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock. They are often referred to by H (for Hitchcock) number. Marc-Antoine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Living Church Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Living Church Of God - Brief History
One of the main factors for the growth of the Radio Church of God (later renamed the Worldwide Church of God), was the focus on prophesie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tim Drake: Encyclopedia Ii - Tim Drake - History
DC Comics was left uncertain about readers' decision to kill Jason Todd (Robin II), wondering if they felt Batman should be a lone vigila...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Tragedy: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Tragedy
  Tragedy To dream of a tragedy, foretells misunderstandings and grievious disappointments. To dream that you are implicated i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Cecil Masterman: Encyclopedia Ii - John Cecil Masterman - Two Oxford Mysteries
John Cecil Masterman - An Oxford Tragedy. In 1933, he wrote a murder mystery novel entitled An Oxford Tragedy, set in the fictional Oxf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Plays: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Plays - The Plays
Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among greatest in the English language and in Western literature and cover the genres of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hopewell Virginia: Encyclopedia Ii - Hopewell Virginia - History
Hopewell Virginia - City Point. The city owes it existence to its site overlooking the James and Appomattox Rivers. City Point the olde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Tragedy In Film
main article: Tragedy on screen The general belief in Hollywood that audiences prefer happy endings might seem to preclude the genre of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Modern Tragedy
In modern literature, the definition of tragedy has become less precise. The most fundamental change has been the rejection of Aristotle'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Origin Of Western Tragedy
The origins of tragedy in the West are obscure, but it is certainly derived from the poetic and religious traditions of ancient Greece. I...   » Read the article